(ThyBlackMan.com) The year 2025 marks the nation’s 39th observance of a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ironically, the still-beloved minister and martyr was only 39 years old age when an assassin’s bullet took his life on April 4, 1968. While many will rightly recall his valiant civil rights ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some followers of Christ abandoned him when he asked them to eat his flesh and blood. In the book of John 6:53-69 we see some of them choosing to leave rather than follow Jesus when he told them that they would have to do this in order to live ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (***) “Every being has a place in the circle of life,” and “No more kings, we are all one.” Those lines of dialogue sum up the two major themes of this entertaining prequel/sequel. It’s the successor to 2019’s photorealistic/animated The Lion King ($1.6B international box office), which was the live-action version of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) College football bowl season clearly isn’t quite the same as it was a decade ago. While the College Football Playoff has garnered a lot of interest, the other college football postseason games outside that format do not generate as much interest, understandably so. Due to the transfer portal and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the book of Luke 1:8 we see the way that the priests used to cast lots in order to determine who would approach the holy of hollies and offer sacrifices to atone for the people’s sins. Not just anyone had access to the holy of hollies and the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Crime must have consequences; I’m sure we can all agree on this point. How we go about creating those consequences has a lasting effect on our nation and community. We are human beings, and as humans we were never meant to be caged. The prison system portion of our ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul. The flock of believers in worship places demand for some sort of consideration for their tithes and offerings despite these really belonging to the house of God. Factions will sometimes rise from within the church set ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is obvious that incarceration can put a strain on every relationship an inmate has. If there is a relationship with a significant other one may be left wondering if that person will stay with them given the situation. When there are children involved, they may have a forgiving ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s the Lord’s will for each of us to reach perfection—or spiritual maturity. To that end, He has provided many resources for us. This divine objective is vital because a local church is no better than the people who make up that congregation. In fact, the church is the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last month, Donald Trump reportedly received the highest percentage of the Latino vote of any Republican presidential candidate in history. This was crucial in propelling him back into the White House. Whereas President Biden had a significant advantage with Hispanic voters over Trump in the 2020 election, the latter ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My earliest memories of anything related to the presidency are yellow ribbons tied around trees. The ribbons signified the hope that 53 Americans who had been taken hostage in Iran would be safely released. Jimmy Carter was president. I was 9 years old. Fairly or otherwise, that crisis became ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Twist No One Saw Coming As this writer looks back on 2024; it has been a wild ride of its own, what with all this Trump business exploding on everyone’s social media feeds. Let’s face it, no one could have imagined sober discussions of whether or ...